Magic in ancient Greece and Rome

✍ Scribed by Watson, Lindsay

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 265
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Introduction -- The violence of amatory magic -- Defixiones: a recent history -- Appendix: did defixiones work? -- Magic and herbs -- Animals in magic (Patricia Watson) -- Appendix: amulets -- Fictional witches -- Human sacrifice in ancient magic?.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction --
The violence of amatory magic --
Defixiones: a recent history --
Appendix: did defixiones work? --
Magic and herbs --
Animals in magic (Patricia Watson) --
Appendix: amulets --
Fictional witches --
Human sacrifice in ancient magic?.

✦ Subjects

Magic, Greek;Magic, Roman

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